The Entech Group, Inc. Now Has a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP)
Thomas A. Furey, P.E., LSRP – License Number 526741

What this means for you:

On May 7, 2009, Governor Jon Corzine signed the Site Remediation Reform Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1 et seq.(“SRRA”) into law. SRRA, which provides sweeping changes to the way in which sites are remediated in New Jersey, also establishes a program for the licensing of Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (“LSRPs”) who will have responsibility for oversight of environmental investigation and cleanup. While the law changes the process of how sites are remediated, it ensures the same stringent standards required for cleanup remain intact. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will retain significant authority over the remediation process and will ensure that LSRPs comply with all applicable regulations, but the day-to-day management of site remediation will be overseen by qualified LSRPs.

Under SRRA, NJDEP approval is no longer required prior to proceeding with remediation. Implementation of SRRA will therefore result in contaminated sites being cleaned up more quickly and efficiently, thus providing a greater measure of environmental protection to the citizens of New Jersey and ensuring that development of underutilized properties are returned to the tax rolls more quickly. For example, it will take two years to get RAO from a project with a LSRP, and it would take six years to get NFA for the same project with the NJDEP. With a LSRP, the project is being completed 67% faster.

When the Act becomes fully effective in 2012 all remediating parties must use the services of a LSRP and must proceed with the clean-up of their site without prior NJDEP approval.